The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For decades, researchers have tried to capture a national picture of youth well-being by combining a number of social indicators, such as obesity rates, rates of tobacco use, family access to health insurance, academic proficiency on state tests, graduation rates, drug use and teen birth rates. Youth “all could use more support relationships.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. In the 2eNYC survey, more than a quarter of parents said they’d been told, “Your child is too smart for [special education services].”.

Advocacy 111

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I You have the issue of: We have the resource, but the kid is unable to access it,” Blackwell says. “If If you’re unable to access the resource, it doesn’t matter what the resource is.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Department of Education, for reasons including cost and access. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“There’s not as much research on math disorders or dyscalculia,” as there is on reading disabilities, said Karen Wilson, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the assessment of children with learning differences. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. In the 2eNYC survey, more than a quarter of parents said they’d been told, “Your child is too smart for [special education services].”.

Advocacy 53

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers. Education systems will also have to adjust how they assess students and schools.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

ASCD’s Free Educator Summer Professional Development Resources ASCD School Improvement Tool — Designed for use in schools and school systems around the world, this online tool offers educators a comprehensive needs assessment as they prepare for the coming year.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The higher employment rate is likely partially attributable to the fact that former special education students are less likely to be spending that time in college; 21 percent of special education students surveyed were enrolled in college compared to 41 percent of general education students. He blames the system. In Washington, D.C.,

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better. One approach I like and utilize annually is collaboratively assessing student work.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better. One approach I like and utilize annually is collaboratively assessing student work.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

Subsidies are supposed to make care more accessible for those with the most need, but families in many states still struggle to pay child care bills. Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t count on them to make their co-payments. They were still too high.

Advocacy 107

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Reading By Example

MAY 7, 2016

The standardization of our assessments has led to a narrowing of our curriculum and instruction. This initiative was spurred by the results from a BrightBytes survey all staff and students took previously. The lack of autonomy in schools today is saddening. These are the four tenets for a 21st century learning environment.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey counted 2.4 The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), a nonprofit child advocacy and research organization, has been fighting for more financial support for relatives caring for children outside of the formal system for years. That’s a common restriction nationwide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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Reading By Example

MAY 7, 2016

The standardization of our assessments has led to a narrowing of our curriculum and instruction. This initiative was spurred by the results from a BrightBytes survey all staff and students took previously. The lack of autonomy in schools today is saddening. These are the four tenets for a 21st century learning environment.

Survey 28

Survey Classroom Mobility Libraries 28

edWeb.net

JANUARY 18, 2023

A sound TCO assessment will also provide IT teams with the data to make informed decisions about technology initiatives and investments. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2022

Digital equity is essential: Whether it’s bouncing signals off water towers or building new connections, schools need to make sure that every student has the same access at home and school. While the panelists don’t want to go back to fully virtual environments, they are embracing the areas where virtual access enhanced the school community.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost.

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MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. One April survey found 4 in 10 U.S. Use online systems to assess, remediate and individualize learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

Over time, the need to quickly adapt led to heightened online student engagement, according to a CatchOn survey of 47 school districts from January 2020 to January 2021. Following this assessment is the design of an implementation plan centered on anticipated program outcomes. Access and connectivity must be equitable.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

The Maricopa staff also learned that technology was a huge barrier to enrollment when they conducted surveys and reached out to individual students stuck in the “enrollment funnel.” Alamo also waived fees for the assessment test that first-time students lacking ACT or SAT scores must take. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Whether working with an OPM will drive up the price of a degree program for students is one of the many factors universities consider when assessing whether to enter into an agreement with one of these companies, said Deborah Seymour, owner and principal at Higher Education Innovation Consulting, LLC. “No But it was costly.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2016

A research compendium about juvenile corrections education from the UCLA Adolescent Health Partnership Project noted that abbreviated class time is endemic; a federal survey found that only one-third of youth confined in pretrial detention facilities received six or more hours of education a day. Most are young men of color.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Evaluating Institutional Repository Metadata for Out of This World Access - Lizzy Walker, Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian InterPARES Trust: Examining the Benefits and Risks of Storing Records + Information in the Clouds - Patricia C. Expanding Options in the Digital Age - Professor Lesley Farmer 9:00pm All Systems Go!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But when schools shuttered for the coronavirus last spring, Vaughn gained a slew of new responsibilities, like helping her kids access virtual classrooms and coordinating the special education services they receive. Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But when schools shuttered for the coronavirus last spring, Vaughn gained a slew of new responsibilities, like helping her kids access virtual classrooms and coordinating the special education services they receive. “I I had to send emails to the speech and language provider saying, ‘Hey, they haven’t seen you, I haven’t seen you.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 14, 2020

To watch the live show at 4:00 pm US-EDT, or to access the recordings afterward, please go to [link] (or [link] ). While in that position, Cooper led the development of the state’s Cover All Kids program which expanded access to affordable health care to nearly every child in the state. in the era of the virus.) and Lisa D.

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Conference Analysis Policies Survey 36

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The governor of Virginia has approved a bill requiring all public higher education institutions in the state to take steps to adopt open educational resources – freely accessible and openly copyrighted educational materials.” ” Via NPR : “ California ’s Higher Ed Diversity Problem.”

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

An advocacy group called Veterans Education Success (VES) has collected 113 more from veterans and service members, many of which echo Baca’s criticisms about quality and cost. “I At this point, schools are often still able to operate with impunity, and veterans are being scammed.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. Who is the modern librarian?

Libraries 88

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 88

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Via the ACT press release : “ ACT to Deliver Assessment for the Moral Education Program to Students in the UAE.” Common App will merge with Reach Higher , a college-access program started by Michelle Obama. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. However, teaching teachers and students how to spot and act on warning signs won’t be enough by itself, experts caution.

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Education Policies Survey Training 124

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” ” The New York Times (op-ed page) on the “ 2017 College Access Index.” of primary school students it surveyed say they enjoy reading. .”

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